31 Whitetail Deer Facts

31 Facts about Whitetail Deer and Whitetail Deeryears.
Hunting. Whitetail Deer have a top speed of 35-4016. Deer do not have a gall bladder on their livers.
MPH and they do not have gall bladders. Want toThis allows them to eat vegetation that would kill
know more?domestic animals.
1.Based on hunter reports, about one deer in17. The members of the deer family are
30,000 is an albino.ruminants, having a four-compartmented
2.Melanistic deer are very dark sometimes evenstomach, which allows the deer to feed very
black and results from overproduction of pigmentrapidly.
and is less common than albinism.18. A Whitetail has a top speed between 35 to 40
3.Albinism is a recessive trait and both parentsmiles per hour.
must carry the gene before it can occur in their19. A deer's gestation period is 200 to 205 days,
offspring.most of the fawns being born in the latter part of
4.The speed at which antlers grow, also makesMay or the first part of June.
them the fastest growing structures in the animal20. Deer need 10 to 12 pounds of food per day
kingdom.to satisfy their needs.
5.Antler growth is usually complete by the end of21. The Whitetail Deer is the most abundant Big
AugustGame animal in North America.
6.The deer genus was given the name Odocoileus22. The average whitetail stands between 36 and
by Rafinesque in 183240 inches high at the top of the shoulder.
7.A doe giving birth in areas of good food will23. The Florida Key deer, Odocoileus virginianus
have twins. However triplets are common as wellclovium, is the smallest sub-species of our native
as occasional quadruplets.deer.
8.Largest body weight on record of a Whitetail24. There is one authenticated record of a deer
deer is 511 pounds.kept in captivity that lived to be nineteen years
9.Recent Estimates put the Deer Population in theold.
United States at around 30 million animals25. A deer can clear an 8-foot hurdle from a
10. The whitetail deer (Odocoileus virginianus), isstanding position.
named for it's signature tail and the white under26. Deer swim well and at a good pace. They
part.have been clocked at speeds up to 13 miles per
11. According to scientists there are 38hour.
Sub-species of Whitetail Deer.27. At birth a baby doe weighs about 4 1/2
12. A whitetail buck usually weighs 130 to 220pounds while a buck weighs 5 1/2 pounds.
pounds, but have been recorded at well over 35028. The fawns are born over a period of time
Pounds.that may extend from ten minutes up to two
13. Market gunning, unregulated hunting and poorhours.
land-use practices severely depressed deer29. By the time the fawns are twenty minutes
populations in the early 1900s. By about 1930 theold, they can walk slowly on very shaky legs.
U.S. population was thought to number about30. Recent Estimates put the Deer Population in
300,000 animals.the United States at around 30 million animals
14. A Whitetail buck will shed his antlers every31. About 40 percent of the young does may
year, usually sometime in late December throughbreed in their first autumn so that they give birth
Feb.when they are one year old.
15. Whitetails have an average life span of 8 to 11